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106. comeosmous, 8 200mm; 08 PLASTlC Cross Reference ER Q5 fifty unds of a mineral iil'l r, such as Egrtland cement, and smclent t ntine to thin e composition to a ilesiraae nsist- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE 3. amount, OI ALTON, LOUISIANA, ASSIGHOB OF ONE-THIRD IO N. '1. POOL, OI FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, ONE-SETH TO B. xon'rnmn LAIB, OF HOW, CANADA, AID DIE-SIXTH TO A. W. STIRLING, OF FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA.

PAIN!- 1, ,816. m hunt Patented July 31, 1917. lo mm. Application filed September 3, 191a let!!! :0. 110,102. 7 7 6 To all whom it may concern.- acid tanks. Metal surfaces are rendered im- Be it known that I, Gnoncn R. S'rmcxma, pe

a citizen of the United States, at Alton, in the parish of St. Tammany, 1n the 5 State of Louisiana, have invented a new and useful composition or aint; for the reservation of exposed sur aces of w iron, steel, tin, or other metal, such as roofs, posts, bridges, barge or boat hulls exposed to either fresh or salt water, wood pavingblocks, viaducts of wood or structural iron or steel exposed to the action of locomotives, blasts, or sulfur fumes, piping, piling, ties, &c., placed in water, or underground, or in air, or on top of the ground.

r The composition or paint -consists of a mixture containin pine or coal tar, maltha, coach varnish, uminum an um sulfate, crude lac resin, alcohol, a mixture of linseed oil and umber, peroxid of iron,

sodium or potassium silicate, sodium biborate, a fibrous mineral substance, such as asbestos, calcium sulfate or calcium carbonate, a mineral filler, such as Portland cei? ment, and, if necessary, a thinner, such as re armg e com ion or paint, refer to use the ingre iflits in about the ollowing proportions: fifty afallons of 80 or coal tar, five gallons of m tha, one ga on of coach varni" one pound of alumin sulfate, two poun 0 cm e 1, one 5115i and umber, fifteen pgron 0 iron, one gallon of either sodium or tassium silicafe, one poundo socuum 1 rate, nto pounds of a orous mineral, such as asbestos, twenty to fo poun of either 40 Elcmm sulfate or calcium carbonate, thirty an lac resin, one uart of ale of a mixture of 35 to ,y poun of enc The ingredients areeproperly mixed and the compound is thmn with turpentine to rvious to rust and may be freely exposed to either salt or fresh water, or may be laced under ground without damage. ood surfaces painted with or dipped in the composition or paint are not subject to decay either from weather or moisture, or When buried in the earth. The composition will stick to any surface and does not crack or peel or blister. It is elastic, but is not deleteriously afiected by hot weather. Furthermore, when used as a hull paint for boats it will prevent the formation of barnacles.

The composition or paint has a high fire test and readily holds patches on roofs or other surfaces without the use of nails or the like, and, furthermore, requires no sand or avel to prevent softening or running. oreover, the composition may be used to treat paper or felt for roofing and will )rcserve it and prevent it from becoming ard, for it keeps it plastic and renders it waterproof.

What is claimed is:-

1. A composition or paint, comprising tar, maltha, varnish, alummum and potassium sulfate, resin, alcohol, linseed oil roxid of iron, sodium silicate, sodium iborate, a fibrous mineral, calcium sulfate, and a mineral filler, all substantially in the proportions described.

2. A composition or paint, comprising ingredients inproportions substantially as ollows: tar fifty gallons, maltha five gallons, coach varnish one gallon, aluminum and 'um sulfate one pound, crude lac resin two pounds, alcohol one quart, oil 'and umber one gallon, peroxid of iron from fifteen to thirty pboounds, sodium silicate one gallon, sodium b1 rate one ound, asbestos fifteen to thirty pounds, ca cium sulfate twenty to forty pounds, Portland cea consistency permitting its application with brush. a brush. GEO. R. STRICKLE.

The compodtion is weather and sun roof Witnesses: I 50 and serves as a reservatlye for meta and N. B. Cannon,

isof especialv ueasanmside coating for AJlMmr-Ea 

